Making the Request
1. Articles that are not available.
- Under the article on your results list, it will say "Send Interlibrary Loan Request".
- Click on this link. The form will fill in all of the information on the article. You will need to fill in three boxes on the form.
- There will be a date box next to the phrase "Cancel if not filled by". Your date will need to be 10 days from the day you are submitting your request. This gives us time to request it from other libraries.
- At the bottom of the page it will ask you for your Name/Username. This is your last name only with the first letter capitalized. Example: Smith
- At the bottom of the page, the final box will ask you for your Barcode/Password. This is the letters "kc" followed by your KCU student ID number. Example: kc******
- Click on "Submit" and your request will be sent to the library.
2. Articles that say "Check Young Library Holdings on this title".
- From the citation on the results list, write down the journal title, volume number, issue number, and the year it was published.
- Click on the link to check library holdings. This will take you to the library catalog.
- Under the publication information it will say "Library has" and list the first issue in print in the library and the last issue that is available.
- If your issue number falls into the range, then you need to contact a librarian and ask them to scan the article for you.
- If your issue number does not fall into the available range, then you will need to fill out the ILL journal request form.
3. Articles retrieved from Proquest Religion that are not available in Full Text
- Click on the article title
- On the right hand side click on the "E-mail" icon. Send a direct email to nenders@kcu.edu
- In the subject line type "ProQuest ILL
- In the message box include your name, your ID number, your email address and the phrase "Please submit ILL request"
- An email will be sent to you once the request has been submitted
